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का त्वं, कुन्तलमल्लकीर्तिर्, अहह क्वासि स्थिता, न क्वचित्
सख्यस्तास्तव कुत्र कुत्र वद वाग् लक्ष्मीस् तथा कान्तयः।
वाग् याता चतुराननस्य वदनं लक्ष्मीर्मुरारेरुरः
कान्तिर्मण्डलमैन्दवं मम पुनर्नाद्यापि विश्रामभूः॥

Beauty, speech, and fortune have left your side. Where do your friends and fame now reside? This lament, likely of a fallen woman or fading fame, refl...

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का त्वं पद्मपलाशाक्षि पीतकौशेयवासिनि।
द्रुमस्य शाखामालम्ब्य तिष्ठसि त्वमनिन्दते॥

Who are you, O lotus-eyed one, holding a branch in the forest, dressed in yellow silk? A stranger, perhaps love-struck, beholds a mysterious maiden wi...

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का त्वं पुत्रि, नरेन्द्र लुब्धकवधूर्, हस्ते किमेतत्,
पलं क्षामं किं, सहजं ब्रवीमि नृपते यद्यादराच्छ्रूयते।
गायन्ति त्वदरिप्रियाश्रुतटिनीतीरेषु सिद्धाङ्गना गीतान्धा
न तृणं चरन्ति हरिणास्तेनामिषं दुर्बलम्॥

A frail deer held by a poor hunter’s wife becomes symbolic of political manipulation. Sage women sing of it in forests, while deers refuse even grass ...

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का त्वं, माधवदूतिका, वदसि किं, मानं जहीहि
प्रिये धूर्तः सोऽन्यमना, मनागपि सखि त्वय्यादरं नोज्झति।
इत्यन्योन्यकथारसैः प्रमुदितां राधां सखीवेषवान् नीत्वा
कुञ्जगृहं प्रकाशिततनुः स्मेरो हरिः पातु वः॥

Rādhā is warned against trusting a deceitful lover. Her friend, dressed as Kṛṣṇa’s messenger, slyly brings her to him. Their secret reunion unfolds in...

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का त्वं, मुक्ति, रुपागतास्मि भवती कस्मादकस्मादिह
श्रीकृष्णस्मरणेन देव भवतो दासीपदं प्रापिता।
दूरे तिष्ठ मनागनागसि कथं कुर्यादनार्यं मयि
त्वद्गन्धान्निजनामचन्दनरसालेपस्य लोपो भवेत्॥

Liberation (mukti) appears in person to the devotee, saying she has become his maid by his constant remembrance of Kṛṣṇa. The poet humbly refuses her ...

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का त्वं शुभे कस्य परिग्रहो
वा किं वा मदभ्यागमकारणं ते।
आचक्ष्व मत्वा वशिनां रघूणां मनः
परस्त्रीविमुखप्रवृत्ति॥

A virtuous woman is questioned about her identity, her relationship, and her reason for approach — with a gentle reminder that the hearts of the Raghu...

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कादम्बिनी कम्बलिका कदम्ब-
केदारकान्ताकुचकुट्टिमं च।
कस्तूरिका केतकपुष्पगम्धः केकारवः
प्रावृषि हर्षमूलम्॥

The monsoon is described as a tapestry of clouds, kadamba groves, peacock cries, musk and ketaka scents. It evokes joy and sensual imagery through a r...

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कादम्बिनी किमियमालि कदम्बमूले
किं वा तमालतरुरेव किमन्धकारः।
जानासि नैव सखि गोपकुलाङ्गनानां
कौलव्रतव्रततिभङ्गकरः करीन्द्रः॥

A friend asks whether the form in the grove is cloud, tree, or shadow—fearing it may be the rogue elephant who has broken the sacred vows of Gopa maid...

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का दीयतां तव रघूद्वह सम्यगाशीर्
निष्कण्टकानि विहितानि जगन्ति येन।
आशास्महे ननु तथापि सह स्ववीरैर्
भूकाश्यपोपमसुतद्वितया वधूः स्यात्॥

A prayer is offered for the Raghu scion who cleared the world of obstacles, yet even he might end up allied with the troublesome daughters of Earth an...

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का दुर्दशा कुपितनिर्दयचित्रगुप्त-
वित्रासितस्य जगतो यदि देवि न स्याः।
त्वं कर्मबन्धनविमोचनधर्मराज-
लेखाधिकारपरिशोधनजातपत्री॥

Without the compassionate goddess, the world would live in fear of Chitragupta’s cruel record. She is the divine scribe correcting karmic accounts — a...

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